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India moved a step closer towards becoming a cashless economy with the launch of National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI’s) unified payment interface (UPI) Background · A cashless economy is a ......

APMC act forces the farmer to sell their agricultural produce only to middlemen approved by the government in authorized mandis. These middlemen often exploit the farmer by offering to buy his produce ......

GST is being hailed as the game changer for India’s economy and is being labelled as the biggest change in the Constitution since India’s independence. The Goods and Services tax or commonly referred ......

The NITI Aayog has been charged with developing a 15-year Vision, a seven-year Strategy and a three-year Implementation framework. Although expectedly the term “plan” is scrupulously avoided, it is qu ......

Background · The Union government has come up with the Model Shops and Establishment (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2016 to boost employment generation. The Bill is suppose ......

To mark the achievements of working men and women in India, let us take stock on this Labour Day. We must begin by acknowledging that 83 percent of India’s labour force remains informal, despite 25 ye ......

The present economic debate is over-determined by two realities which, moreover, are connected as we sometimes tend to forget. On one hand we have the steady rise in public debt and, on the other, the ......

India’s farm dependent economy has been trying hard to increase productivity for a long time in an attempt to ensure food security to its huge population. However, farm productivity has more or less s ......

Current status · It is in force in Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland, and Manipur (except the Imphal municipal area). In Arunachal Pradesh, only the Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts plus a 20- ......

Elections are considered to be the oxygen of democrcacy. Any decision pertaining to elections need to be thoroughly debated. The one nation one election concept is an innovative idea proposed by the p ......

Article 142 provides that “the Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending befor ......

Big Data can enhance the government’s ability to serve its citizens and address major national challenges involving the economy, healthcare, job creation, natural disasters, and terrorism. While busin ......

Factors resposible for gender gaps in labour market This gap is visible in terms of wage differentials, lack of oppurtunities, glass ceiling etc a. Very few women work in India, with the proportion of ......

Perhaps, the most fundamental element of how we perceive education lies in the distinction often made in academic and policy discourse between the “instrumental” and the “intrinsic” value of education ......

Inclusive education as an approach for addressing learning needs of all learners by addressing barriers is faced by particularly those with speci c needs. It implies that all learners, young people - ......

Recent Observations One of the most dramatic effects of global warming is seen in the Arctic region. In recent years the ice in the Arctic Sea has been melting rapidly. In 2007, a large part of the Ar ......

Indian agricultural sector employs more than 50% of India's population and contributes to only 14% of the GDP. This indicates the drastic inequality in terms of earning when compared to urban populati ......

Kambala, a popular race event in Karnataka, is often compared to Jallikattu, but the way the two rituals are conducted is vastly different. Jallikattu Kambala Jallikattu is a rural bull-taming sport p ......

GM mustard, or DMH11, has been developed by a team of scientists in Delhi University and may be granted permission to be grown in the forthcoming rabi season commercially, provided the Supreme Court a ......

The "Internet of things" (IoT) is becoming an increasingly growing topic of conversation both in the workplace and outside of it. It's a concept that not only has the potential to impact how we live b ......

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has put India's space diplomacy into the orbit which PM Narendra Modi had desired three years ago, with ......

Directive – Examine Content Words – Special Economic Zone: Boon or Bane So, what does this directive EXAMINE mean? When you are asked to Examine, you have to look into the topic in detail & establish ......

What Was the Great Depression of 1929? The Great Depression of 1929 was a worldwide economic depression that lasted for 10 years. Its kickoff was “Black Thursday", October 24, 1929. That's when trader ......

In the mid-18th century, similarities between Europe and Asia were far more significant than the differences. Indeed, demography, technology and institutions were broadly comparable. And, in 1750, Asi ......

On 10th of April 2017 Champaran Satyagraha turns 100 years old. Introduction- Champaran was a revelation in the annals of Indian freedom struggle. It brought about a hitherto unheard of methodology of ......

COMMUNALISM DURING FREEDOM STRUGGLE: HISTORY AND IMPACT COMMUNALISM: THE CONCEPT AND STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA The term ‘communalism’ is derived from the word ‘commune’. Commune means a community ......

Chandra Shekhar Azad was an Indian freedom fighter who had a revolutionary bent of mind in his initial years but later turned socialist when he reorganized Hindustan Republic Association (HRA) into Hi ......

India has been nursing a multi-faceted relationship with ASEAN owing to number of factors which have been both internal as well as external. Following factors have made it imperative for convergence a ......

India’s connectivity to Central Asia is restricted by Himalayas in the north and strained relations with Pakistan in the west. India’s geographical continuity with Afghanistan has lost relevance with ......

China’s impressive economic growth since the turn of the millennium has been accompanied by its expansion onto the international stage. A lot of attention has been given to China’s increased assertive ......

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